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I am just turning 21, and I was first diagnosed with hypothyroidism when I was 12 years old! I rarely had my period! Which really wasn't much of a bother to me. As I went through middle school and high school I had noticed excessive hair growth literally all over my body! It was embarrassing. Towards the beginning of my high school year i was also diagnosed with pcos! I was on many medications but nothing had worked for me! As I have gotten older I have done many things to try and hide my hair, but i have yet had any success. I do shave, and i know it's bad to do it!! But i do have hair that grows on my neck, my side burns, my lower back, my chest, my breast, and my abdomen! I can never wear shirts that show my chest! Or may even show my back! I feel completely disgusted to have to shave my face! I am in a happy relationship with someone. And we have tLked about laser hair surgery or electrolisis. But I am wondering if it will just grow back the same because of my high testosterone levels! I don't want to spend thousands for it just to come back. I wanna feel some what normal again!! And to feel beautiful!View Thread

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